Target Audience
This activity was developed for family physicians, internal medicine physicians, allergists/immunologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other clinicians interested in the management of hereditary angioedema.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe signs and symptoms that are suggestive of hereditary angioedema (HAE)
- Identify laboratory findings that differentiate HAE from other forms of angioedema
- Compare and contrast pharmacologic strategies for the prophylactic treatment of HAE
- Individualize treatment plans for preventing HAE in order to best provide guideline-recommended care
Faculty
Marc Riedl, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director – US HAEA Angioedema Center
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
University of California, San Diego
William Lumry,MD, FACAAI
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Medical Director
AARA Research Center
Private Practice
Dallas, Texas
Accreditation
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All faculty and planners participating in sponsored programs are expected to identify and reference off-label product use and disclose any relationship with those supporting the activity or any others with products or services available within the scope of the topic being discussed in the educational presentation.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CE/CME activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by the Annenberg Center for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. The Annenberg Center is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CE/CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards, parallel documents from other accrediting bodies, and Annenberg Center for Health Sciences policy, the following disclosures have been made:
Marc Riedl, MD, MS
- Research Support: CSL Behring, Shire/Takeda, BioCryst
- Consultant: CSL Behring, Shire/Takeda, BioCryst, Pharming, Adverum, Attune, Ionis, KalVista, Pharvaris, Fresenius
- Speakers Bureau: CSL Behring, Shire/Takeda, Pharming
William Lumry,MD, FACAAI
- Research Support: BioCryst, CSL Behring, Shire/Takeda
- Consultant: Adverum, BioCryst, CSL Behring, Kalvista, Pharming, Shire/Takeda
- Speakers Bureau: CSL Behring, Pharming, Shire/Takeda
The faculty for this activity has disclosed that there will be
no
discussion about the use of products for non-FDA approved applications.
Additional Content Planners
Greg Scott (Medical Writer): No significant relationships to disclose.
Eugene Cullen, MD (Peer Reviewer): No significant relationships to disclose.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
Charles Willis, Director of Continuing Education, consults for Pfizer, Inc, all other staff at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower have no relevant commercial relationships to disclose.
The ideas and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Annenberg Center and/or its agents. As in all educational activities, we encourage practitioners to use their own judgment in treating and addressing the needs of each individual patient, taking into account that patient's unique clinical situation. The Annenberg Center disclaims all liability and cannot be held responsible for any problems that may arise from participating in this activity or following treatment recommendations presented.
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from CSL Behring.
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